I was confused about that also    but thx to all the inputs, I've chosen Dell (but haven't buy yet, end of month  )

About the Contract ratio, I got a detail explanation from cloudwan
Contrast Ratio's

The ratio of the luminosity of the brightest and the darkest color the system is capable of producing simultaneously at any instant of time is called static@typical contrast ratio, while the ratio of the luminosity of the brightest and the darkest color the system is capable of producing over time is called dynamic contrast ratio.

Dynamic contrast ratio

A notable recent development in the LCD technology is the so called "dynamic contrast" (DC). When there is a need to display a dark image, the display would underpower the backlight lamp (or decrease the aperture of the projector's lens using an iris), but will proportionately amplify the transmission through the LCD panel. This gives the benefit of realizing the potential static contrast ratio of the LCD panel in dark scenes, when the image is watched in a dark room. The drawback is that if a dark scene does contain small areas of superbright light, image quality may be over exposed.

The trick for the display is to determine how much of the highlights may be unnoticeably blown out in a given image under the given ambient lighting conditions.

Brightness, as it is most often used in marketing literature, refers to the emitted luminous intensity on screen measured in candela per square metre (cd/m2). The higher the number, the brighter the screen.

It is also common to market only the dynamic contrast ratio capability of a display (when it is better than its static contrast ratio), which should not be directly compared to the static contrast ratio. A plasma display with a static 5000:1 contrast ratio will show superior contrast to an LCD display with 5000:1 dynamic and 1000:1 static contrast ratio when the input signal contains full range of brightnesses from 0 to 100% simultaneously. However they will be on par when input signal ranges only from 0 to 20% brightness.

Soooo it means that everytime it would be much wiser to look at the typical/static contrast ratio comparing to dynamic contrast ratio, the higher the number doesn't mean it would be much better.. It's all just number games by the manufacturer/seller to fool uneducated buyers..

Read here to find out more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_contrast
http://www.practical-home-theater-guide.co...rast-ratio.html

Hope these help

Can Anyone Suggest me The Best Lcd  22inch

wana replace  my 15inch crt monitor

Budget  Rm680

Thanks!

Dell S2409W

i think if after 3 years.. it is quite worth it already.. just use ur LCD "heavily"...

600 / 3 yrs = RM200 / year

200 / 365 days = RM0.5 / day

so u just spend 50cents per day to own the monitor.. it is cheaper than a piece of roti canai or a cup of teh tarik.. 

so if can use more than 3 yrs.. i already very satisfy